Anonymous wrote:NWSL just hired people for working with / defining Youth to Pro player pathways.

https://x.com/JeffKassouf/status/1832058341654401170?t=o410D0FTU4T7xIIzzcHHlA&s=19

If anything happens with college soccer NWSL is positioning to address.

So that girls don’t go to college? What a great idea.

Anonymous wrote:NWSL just hired people for working with / defining Youth to Pro player pathways.

https://x.com/JeffKassouf/status/1832058341654401170?t=o410D0FTU4T7xIIzzcHHlA&s=19

If anything happens with college soccer NWSL is positioning to address.

UMD’s women’s team had a 2M annual budget. On what planet can NWSL teams afford to replicate that?

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Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

So what happens to the girls who were decommitted?

They can go to a school where they might actually get playing time.

The freshmen saw zero minutes on my kid’s team. He chose to redshirt with such a top heavy roster.

PP happens at college level too. Even under a scholarship. Time is money and while your kid is or isn’t playing, he is compromising, giving up time he could dedicate to academics and other more productive activities.

I’m talking about college Freshmen. It’s a waste of time, eligibility, etc. The trend is for older players on the men’s side with transfers and 5-years.

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Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

They may come back in a few weeks with a new deal that the judge will approve. If not the case gets set for trial and the whole settlement is out. As I have said above, it was too early for those coaches to do anything. Any coach that decommitted players is an idiot. Maybe there will be a new deal. Maybe not and the case goes to trial. Trial will take a while and there is no certainty that the 28 roster spots would be part of any deal.

It was a good opportunity for coaches to get rid of the players they really didn't want either way. Perfect excuse to fix mistakes.

Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

They may come back in a few weeks with a new deal that the judge will approve. If not the case gets set for trial and the whole settlement is out. As I have said above, it was too early for those coaches to do anything. Any coach that decommitted players is an idiot. Maybe there will be a new deal. Maybe not and the case goes to trial. Trial will take a while and there is no certainty that the 28 roster spots would be part of any deal.

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Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

So what happens to the girls who were decommitted?

They can go to a school where they might actually get playing time.

The freshmen saw zero minutes on my kid’s team. He chose to redshirt with such a top heavy roster.

PP happens at college level too. Even under a scholarship. Time is money and while your kid is or isn’t playing, he is compromising, giving up time he could dedicate to academics and other more productive activities.

NWSL just hired people for working with / defining Youth to Pro player pathways.

https://x.com/JeffKassouf/status/1832058341654401170?t=o410D0FTU4T7xIIzzcHHlA&s=19

If anything happens with college soccer NWSL is positioning to address.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

So what happens to the girls who were decommitted?

They can go to a school where they might actually get playing time.

The freshmen saw zero minutes on my kid’s team. He chose to redshirt with such a top heavy roster.

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Anonymous wrote:How will ECNL respond? They need to shrink - cut teams and make it even more competitive, because the college opportunities won’t be there. But they won’t.

There is no problem here. No reason to take any action -- for anyone. Yes the rosters have to get smaller for some small number of schools. We are taling about 30-40 slots maybe at best.

Keep your head in the sand.

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Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

So what happens to the girls who were decommitted?

They can go to a school where they might actually get playing time.

Anonymous wrote:The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

So what happens to the girls who were decommitted?

The NCAA settlement is on hold. It wasn’t approved by the judge and they have to rework the NIL part.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/09/06/house-v-ncaa-settlement-on-hold/

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Anonymous wrote:Seven per year plus or minus one is solid frankly. Dumb teams like UNC take tons of girls knowing full well they won't play and they can leave in the portal. Girls are too blind to realize this and think playing for a tier 1 school is better... then they get their first life lesson that it's defiantly not

NCAA is considering giving all D1 athletes 5 years of eligibility.

Just saw that.

Even more bad news for high school players.

My kid's college team currently has 5 5 years and 6 Seniors. They only took 2 Freshmen (who ride the bench).

The men's players are getting older and older and more and more are using the transfer portal for new players--not rising Freshmen.

This just will make it even tougher for recruitment. STUDY HARD FELLAS. Soccer isn't your ticket.

I will never understand the motivation of students constantly using the transfer portal for sports with next to no NIL, limited scholarships, and no real chance of going pro. What is the point in attending 4 colleges over 6 years and hoping that credits transfer in a way to enable you to graduate? The portal makes sense for football and mens BB where players are offered hundreds of thousands and millions in a couple of cases to transfer, but what is the point in soccer?

Yep. My son is very high academic. We told him we aren't letting him chase soccer. He is playing semi-pro as a Freshmen and plans to go to graduate school. If he gets on the team later on--he can extend his eligibility. But, we aren't going to attend a T10, T15 school focused on transferring just to play soccer elsewhere. Going to experience everything school has to offer and get involved. Not to mention, kids get injured. Sometimes team chemistry or coaching is not a fit, etc. Go for the education and let other things fall where they may.

My kid is doing this and the UPSL team is way better than the actual college team. Coaching is as well. It only works if there is good soccer nearby and easy to get to. With the way the rosters for men are going it's going to happen more and more. UPSL is filled with former D1 players and some current college students, as well as former pros from other places. College club team was ruled out because it wasn't that good at kid's school and eats up eligibility years. Another thing to think about is that some schools recruit these male players at 16/17 and they don't pan out in college. Boys develop and grow into themselves as players a lot later a lot of the time. I always thought it was weird they committed these kids start of Junior year, even end of Junior year of HS. THIS IS A PRIMARY REASON the college transfer portal is so hot.

Anonymous wrote:How will ECNL respond? They need to shrink - cut teams and make it even more competitive, because the college opportunities won’t be there. But they won’t.

There is no problem here. No reason to take any action -- for anyone. Yes the rosters have to get smaller for some small number of schools. We are taling about 30-40 slots maybe at best.

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Anonymous wrote:There should be caps. Imagine going to a school and not playing. Stupid. 22 rostered is more than enough.

Lots of players in every college sport will never play. Football carries 85 (some teams have even more players not officially on the team)- lots will never see the field

Yes college takes way too many players. It waters down the sport. Maybe 1% of NCAA players will make a professional team and stay in the roster for over 2 years. College soccer takes 90% of the girl ECNL.

90% of girl ECNL play in college? Source?

I would think it is a lot higher than that. Almost every ECNL girl at our club plays every year. Maybe 1 or 2 that do not.